I have been a fan of Judy’s work for a while now. I haven’t quite caught up with everything that she has written but I am getting there. I love the way in which she writes such fun and feel good stories. I read the synopsis of ‘A Year Of Mr Maybes’ and it certainly sounded like the sort of read I have come to expect from Judy – a fun and feel good story about starting over. Well it was certainly that and so much more. I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘A Year Of Mr Maybes’ but more about that in a bi...

What a truly lovely story, and another fabulous book from the always talented Judy Leigh. It's about coming into your own as a woman in your seventies after a divorce, and learning whether or not you really need a man by your side. There is the possibility of potential Mr Maybe's who could be picked and asked to accompany Val to her sons Wedding at the end of the year, so we do get to meat a fair few men, but not necessarily dating, just potential targets that come into Val's life. Val is also m...

The Blurb :Val didn’t expect to be starting again in her seventies, but when life gives her lemons, Val is determined to make lemonade.Settled into her new home – a picture-perfect fisherman’s cottage in the small Cornish seaside town of Lowenstowe – Val is ready to start a new chapter. And with her son due to get married next Christmas, there’s also the little job of finding herself a plus-one to help her face her ex-husband and his new girlfriend.With the support of her neighbour Connie, and a...

*4.5 stars*Charming and makes my heart smileWhen she catches her husband cheating on Christmas, she leaves him out in the rain. A Christmas later, she’s moving into a new home in a quaint Cornish town, and receives news that her son is to be married the following Christmas in Canada. A plan is hatched with her new friend, Connie: Val will dive back into the dating pool to find contenders to be her plus one at the wedding so she doesn’t have to be solo in photos while her ex-husband smiles and po...

Rating: 4.5 StarsJudy Leigh writes the most wonderfully feel-good, uplifting and life-affirming contemporary women’s fiction novels and A Year of Mr Maybes is her latest irresistible page-turner.Val never imagined that she would find herself starting over in her seventies. But with circumstances leaving her no other choice but to bid her old life farewell, Val finds herself ready to start a new chapter in a picture perfect fisherman’s cottage in the Cornish town of Lowenstowe. Val has got a lot

Val is in her early seventies and lives in Merrynporth, Cornwall. After their son Tom moved to Canada, it was just Val and her husband Ray spending Christmas together, but then Val finds her husband with someone else. Moving forward a year to the present day and it’s Christmas Day again. Val has moved into a small cottage in Lowenstowe – a small seaside town five miles from Merrynporth. She makes friends with her neighbours – Connie (74, Dutch) and Kevin and Alice who have a dog called Dolly – a...

This is such a delightful,live life to it's fullest no matter your age book.I really appreciated the fact that the main characters are older and not the typical twenty somethings that you read about in a typical book.Making the most of a bad situation a woman moves to a new area,introduces herself to her neighbor's and is very friendly and becomes a person everyone likes and gets involved in the town going on's helping in any way she can.Some very funny moments are found in this book and some, o...

A Year Of Mr Maybes by Judy Leigh is the most delightful contemporary novel about living your life to the full whatever your age.It was so refreshing to have the leading characters in their seventies and eighties. Traditionally, people think of slowing down as they get older – but not this wonderful bunch of people. Life is for living. And life is for living now.We get out of life what we put in. Within the novel we meet some very high energy characters who come together to make their village a

Originally reviewed for Chick Lit Central (www.chicklitcentral.com)I always appreciate a good book that allows women to continue to live their lives beyond a certain age when we’re often told we’re “past it.” Past the romance. Past the intrigue. Past the youthful zest. For Val, she’s starting over in her seventies, but in many ways, it’s as if her life is truly just beginning.After experiencing a life-altering, world shattering moment, she decides to move to a new town, within a new neighborhood...

I love Judy Leigh's books about love, life, community, friendship, and self-discovery with mature characters. In A Year of Mr Maybes, we meet Val, a woman in her seventies that finds out her husband of over 40 years is carrying on a relationship with a younger woman. It is Christmas Day and she locks him out, eats her dinner alone and begins making plans on moving forward without him. A year later, she has moved into her own cottage in the small Cornish seaside town of Lowenstowe. She meets her

Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.The description of this book was intriguing, but the characters never really came alive for me. Val's journey from divorce through independence made for pleasant reading, but I didn't care much about any of the characters.

Judy Leigh really does write the most wonderful characters. I felt for Val from the book’s opening pages when her Christmas dinner was ruined by discovering her husband’s affair – and cheered her on every single step of the way as she moved to her new home, in her seventies and not used to being alone, and set about making a new life for herself. She discovers that she doesn’t need a man to make her complete, and fills her life with friends and a whole range of activities – but there is the pres...

4.5/5 stars.Ms Leigh has now found a dedicated fan in me, with her latest novel, which was just delightful. You can read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2022/03/2...

A year of maybes. What a fabulous book Val and Connie, out to conquer the world I laughed and cried it really is a very poignant tale.

This book was written so descriptively that I feel like I moved to Lowenstowe along with Val. Does Val find a plus one, or does she instead find herself?When Val's marriage breaks down on Christmas Day after almost 50 years, she decides to move house to Lowenstowe, a small town with a huge heart right on the ocean. She immediately is drawn into the community, meeting her neighbors Connie, Alice and Kevin; the eccentric Loveday and her grandson Ollie; Caden, a young newspaper reporter with his ow...

A year of mr maybes is a lovely genteel read that champions the older generation, showing that your never too old to start again, have fun, take up new hobbies, make new friends or look for love and romance!Based in picturesque cornwall we are introduced to Val who is still smarting from the break up of her marriage to Ray, however she throws herself into her new life making friends with the neighbours, volunteering at the local charity shop and being instrumental in the campaign to clear up the...

I have read seven of this author’s books previously. When I see a new book written by her, I immediately want to read it. I don’t read the blurb of the story; I know I will love what she created. I am very sorry to say that in the case of this book, that is not true. While I think the book is written well, it was not a book meant for me, and I did not enjoy reading it. I mainly read to finish the book.I found almost all the characters to be struggling with their life and complaining, including a...

I absolutely loved meeting Val, she had every right and reason to close herself off from the world and feel sorry for herself. Her 37-year marriage had been tossed away like yesterday’s newspaper and wasn’t even worth using for wrapping chips. Yet Val was made of stronger stuff than the average jilted wife. She was able to dust herself down and set about finding a new partner, even if it was just for her son’s wedding. With her wonderfully determined nature, she begins to have an effect on those...

Absolutely fabulous story about changing you and your waysAs you make the most of opportunities and your days.This is another fantastic read, featuring young at heart protagonists Where their relationships and drama are not to be missed.Finding her husband cheating has Val starting anewMoving to a new home, by the seaside, too!She's not one to sit back and wait for life soShe's determined to go out there and give a fresh start a go.Her son is getting married in Canada next yearShe'd like someone...

You know when you discover a new author and you’re in to book number 3 that you have read of theirs? Well that is where I am with Judy Leigh. I was so looking forward to A Year of Mr Maybes. As soon as I was lucky enough to get an advance copy I could not wait to sit in peace, on my own and stay there until I had finished. Was I disappointed? NO NO NO and NO again, this is the BEST one yet!! I absolutely loved every crazy moment, every laugh, every beautiful character. I mean who can not fail bu...